CHALLENGER DEFENDER

• Prize
  Bronze in Book/Documentary
• Photographer
  Nancy A Scherl, United States
• Studio
  NA
• Website
  https://www.nancyascherlfineart.com/index
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/nancyascherl/

Imagine two impassioned people with divergent viewpoints in a debate each challenging the other with energetic conviction to express their ideas. Then imagine each person shaking hands at the end of the debate with pure appreciation for the hard work that each other did to defend their respective points of view. CHALLENGER DEFENDER, is about the Tibetan monastic debates which are an ancient practice and a traditional form of education performed by Buddhist monks, as a series of theatrical gestures. The purpose of debate is to express how they interpret aspects of the Tibetan scriptures.

Nancy Scherl is a fine art portrait photographer based in New York City. She distinguishes between her social commentary and social documentary work; the former, staged portraits and the latter, being candid portraits. As provocateur, she lures viewers into her visual worlds, designed to intrigue viewers into considering anew their formerly trusted points of view.

Nancy completed an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media at New York City's School of Visual Arts, following her undergraduate studies in documentary and fine art photography at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Awards Scherl has exhibited globally including at FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, PX3 Espace Beaurepaire, A Smith Gallery, Praxis Gallery, Photoplace Gallery, South X Southeast, Southeast Center for Photography, The Katonah Museum of Art, The Hammond Museum and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
She is a two time finalist of Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 (2019, 2023) and is the recipient of many other awards such as: Arthur Griffin Legacy Award, International Color Awards, The Tokyo International Foto Awards, Budapest International Foto Awards, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, International Photography Awards, and was an Overall Winner of the Julia Margaret Cameron –The World Wide Photography Gala Awards where she had a solo show in Barcelona.
For additional details please visit the artist's website – www.nancyascherlfineart.com